Alemdar Sadik

Alemdar Sadik was a captain of the Ottoman Navy.

Biography
Born in Sinope in northern present-day Turkey, Sadik became a captain in the Ottoman Navy, commanding the sloop "Kilik Reais". He was able to score a victory over the Russian Navy by sinking "Boris" in October 1805 during the Russo-Turkish War of 1805, embarassing the Russians, before heading to the Aegean Sea to defend Greece against possible Russian attack.